3. What particle's discovery led to Chamberlain's Nobel Prize?
Antiproton
Electron
Neutrino
Photon
Answer
Antiprotons are the antiparticles of protons, with the same mass but opposite charge. They were first predicted by physicist Paul Dirac in 1928 and experimentally discovered by Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain in 1955. For this discovery, Chamberlain shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959.
Unraveling the Universe: The Extraordinary Journey of Owen Chamberlain